Croc attack that was just waiting to happen.
Crocodile wants to attack you.
For some strange reason people in small boats think that they are safe. Imagine this. You are on the water in a small boat.
There is a crocodile in the water. The crocodile is as big as your boat and heavier to boot.
The crocodile is a powerful swimmer and on occasion, crocodiles attack boats before they attack people.
So this crocodile might attack your boat. That is a croc attack.
Massive crocodile struggles with angler after it chomps lure, Australia video shows
Here we have a guy fishing and the croc takes his lure.
Best thing to do to avoid a croc attack? Cut the line and lose the lure!
Worst thing. Keep pulling the croc in like he is just another big fish.
Are you crazy? Do you want a croc attack to happen?
“Here we were just trolling along with a classic 200 and this fella decides he wants to have a crack at it. Managed to get the lure back!” the fisherman, Trent de With, wrote on a Facebook post, which was shared by Rod & Rifle TackleWorld, a camping store based in Katherine, Northern Territory, according to Storyful.
When the crocodile finally releases the lime green lure, the cameraman is ecstatic.
“Yes! Destroyed man. That’s the best,” he says.
Source: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/world/article246604698.html
foolish man, wise crocodile.
I think the guy was foolish. The outcome may easily have been quite different.
Do I need to spell out why?
In my worst case scenario the croc attacks the boat and the people fall in the water.
Then the crocodile attacks the people. People die.
Is this imaginary?
No, it happens somewhere in the world on a regular basis.
Look at this one.
Fisherman killed by crocodile that capsized his boat in Indonesia
A fisherman has been killed by a crocodile, after the creature capsized his boat in Indonesia.
The 35-year-old was in the boat with his grandfather, on the Bungin River in South Sumatra, according to the Jakarta Post.
They were taking a fishing net from the water when the crocodile hit the boat, throwing them into the water, police told the newspaper.
What is the difference?
In our Australian case, the guy defied the odds and he won out. But it could have ended badly.
Imagine if that croc did decide to charge the boat.
Did you consider that this can leap many metres out of the water?
A beast that can swim a lot faster than a man?
And a beast that has immense biting power?
Consequently, an unfair match. Who cares? Not the croc!
One Australian case in point is that of the fatal attack on the unfortunate Noel Rampage in 2016. And the croc did not even have to finish the job.
Noel Ramage, 75, drowned when a croc capsized his tinny at Leaders Creek, NT. His mate was trapped for three hours and was rescued after throwing spanners and spark plugs at the croc.
At the moment it appears that the number of crocodile attacks is reducing, but in my opinion that is only because people are now a bit more wary.
MEANING A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO GO INTO OR NEAR THE WATER!
Of course, some may argue that is a good thing – hard to disagree.
The real point is that every now and then someone “gets it.”
And the others have to stay out of the water.
Likely, they will have to stay out of small boats too.